The Most Musical Muppet Film of all

Muppets are very musical characters, but what do you think is the most musical Muppet film of all?
The first three are close, but I think the most musical films are The Great Muppet Caper, the latest Muppet movie, and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

What do you think, consider the music and the amount of singing and dancing in each film.

Jokes aside, in terms of incorporating songs into the narrative effectively, I would say The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island did it the best. The original three films were good at it, The Great Muppet Caper doing it the best, but the thing is that most of the songs don't really move the narrative along. As beautiful as "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" is, it comes the heck out of nowhere and could easily be cut out. The Muppets also did superb with incorporating the songs even if some of them are misplaced ("Me Party" anyone?).

Hmmm....
The Muppet Movie has (Rainbow Connection, the dance Kermit and Fozzie do at the El Sleezo, Movin' Right Along, Can You Picture That, Never Before Never Again, I Hope That Something Better Comes Along, Fozzie's "America", the quick Movin Right Along reprise, and The Magic Store (finale)) In total: 9 song and dance numbers

The Great Muppet Caper has (Hey a Movie, Happiness Hotel, Steppin' Out With A Star, Nightlife, The First Time It Happens, Couldn't We Ride, Miss Piggy's Fantasy, and Hey A Movie reprise (finale) ) In total: 8 song and dance numbers

The Muppets Take Manhattan has (Together Again, You Can't Take No For An Answer, Saying Goodbye, Rat Scat, I'm Gonna Always Love You, Right Where I (We) Belong, Somebody's Getting Married, and He'll Make Me Happy) In total: 8 song and dance numbers

The Muppet Christmas Carol has (Scrooge, One More Sleep Till Christmas, Marley and Marley, When Love is Gone, Christmas Scat, Bless Us All, Thankful Heart, and the Finale) In total: 8 song and dance numbers (9 if you wanna count Fozziwig's Party, and 11 if you wanna also count Room In Your Heart and Chairman of The Board (The cut songs from the movie) )

Muppet Treasure Island has (Shiver My Timbers, Something Better, Sailing For Adventure, Cabin Fever, A Professional Pirate, Boom Shakalaka and Love Led Us Here) In total: 7 song and dance numbers

(Not counting Muppets from Space)

The Muppets has (Life's a Happy Song, Pictures in My Head, Moopets Rainbow Connection, Me Party, Let's Talk About Me, Man or Muppet, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Forget You, Rainbow Connection, The Whistling Caruso, and Life's A Happy Song reprise (finale) ) In total: 11 song and dance numbers (12 if you count We Built This City)

I would agree with MissMusical12 on The Muppets. It has the most musical numbers out of all the Muppet movies.
I wonder how many musical numbers The Muppets 2 will have?

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Probably just as much as The Muppets. I wouldn't be surprised. But that has to depend on what the plot is going to be for it.

What I'm actually surprised about is that The Muppets has more numbers than any other Muppet movie (However, some of the songs we're pretty forgettable in my opinion (Me Party and Let's Talk About Me, in particular.) )

(However, some of the songs we're pretty forgettable in my opinion (Me Party and Let's Talk About Me, in particular.) )

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Really? I mean, I didn't really like Let's Talk About me and admittedly can't remember the words to save my life, but I really, really liked Me Party. But yeah, I agree about The Muppets being the most musical.

I'll go with Muppets Take Manhattan. Besides the fact that it's actually about a musical, the soundtrack really helps carry the emotions of the characters throughout the story.

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That's what I really enjoyed about Muppets Take Manhattan. The fact that it's a (movie) musical about putting on a musical. You're especially getting this from someone who's a HUGE fan of Broadway and musicals. Although, I wish there could've been maybe one more song or two in the movie, it's still great the way it is.

Well, let me do the math. Here is a list of the original muppet movies and their original songs.

TMM

The Rainbow Connection

Moving Right Along

Can You Picture That

Never Before Never Again

I Hope That Something Better Comes Along

I'm Going to Go Back There Someday

The Magic Store

GMC

Hey A Movie

Happiness Hotel

Stepping Out With A Star

Night Life

The First Time It Happens

Why Couldn't We Ride

Piggy's Fantasy

MTM

Together Again

You Can't Take No For An Answer

Saying Goodbye

I'm Going To Always Love You

Right Where I Belong

Somebody's Getting Married

He'll Make Me Happy

I just think the first three feel most like musicals. MTM keeps a lot of its songs at the end, so I just do not feel the musical vibe, and GMC stops the songs after Piggy's Fantasy, not counting the "Hey A Movie" reprise. So, I think that TMM is the most musical muppet film, not only is it the first one, but the songs are scattered well, and they all work.

Well, let me do the math. Here is a list of the original muppet movies and their original songs.

TMM

The Rainbow Connection

Moving Right Along

Can You Picture That

Never Before Never Again

I Hope That Something Better Comes Along

I'm Going to Go Back There Someday

The Magic Store

GMC

Hey A Movie

Happiness Hotel

Stepping Out With A Star

Night Life

The First Time It Happens

Why Couldn't We Ride

Piggy's Fantasy

MTM

Together Again

You Can't Take No For An Answer

Saying Goodbye

I'm Going To Always Love You

Right Where I Belong

Somebody's Getting Married

He'll Make Me Happy

I just think the first three feel most like musicals. MTM keeps a lot of its songs at the end, so I just do not feel the musical vibe, and GMC stops the songs after Piggy's Fantasy, not counting the "Hey A Movie" reprise. So, I think that TMM is the most musical muppet film, not only is it the first one, but the songs are scattered well, and they all work.

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I probably feel like TMM and MMW are the most musical. The music in both those two are placed at the right times. Not all of them at the beginning, not all at the end. I also feel like GMC does a pretty good music job, too. Although MFS is definitely by far the most musical.

I probably feel like TMM and MMW are the most musical. The music in both those two are placed at the right times. Not all of them at the beginning, not all at the end. I also feel like GMC does a pretty good music job, too. Although MFS is definitely by far the most musical.

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Actually, MMW had way too many songs at the beginning with only Something So Right and Together Again in the second half of the movie.